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People are often interested on the topic of how to plant a vegetable garden. The first step is to decide on what vegetable seeds that you wish to plant. Most common foods that are grown at home are onions, chards, carrots, pumpkins, peas, beans, flowers, potatoes, squash, parsnips, radishes, beet and corn. Young plants that are often bought are herbs, peppers, cucumbers, melons and tomatoes.

For a small garden, one does not need much space. The techniques and layout will be the same. However, small gardens need less water. Twenty foot by twenty foot should suffice and it should be remembered to cover the area with larger piece of black plastic.

Covering the ground with black plastic solarizes the soil and keeps the weeds at bay. This is important, as the soil has already been tilled.

Once the plastic is off test the soil for pH. An ideal reading would be six point five. This will alleviate the need to add lime or sulphur. If this needs to be added to the soil, then the soil can be tested until the ph is correct for the purposes of planting. The instructions on the kit are simple enough to follow. Once the ph is sorted out, the soil will be acceptable to plant the seeds.

Adding compost is the next step in the process. Compost will disintegrate over time and this is why the compost needs to be added periodically. This should be done in spring and fall. A layer of about two to three inches of compost over the entire piece of ground will suffice. Tilling the compost into the soil is also important. There must be moisture before any tilling is done.

Plan the garden on paper. Usually, you would place the crops facing north with the tallest crops on that side. This prevents too much shade on the shorter crops.

Wide rows should be about three foot by five foot. They can be as wide as ten feet by ten feet. Peas and beans would be planted here, as no staking is required. The vines cluster and support each other. More vegetables can be planted in wide rows. Raised beds should be sixteen inches wide and five feet long. Radishes, parsnips, turnips, beets, carrots and onions are some of the vegetables that can be planted here. Sprinkle fertilizer lightly over the area, this should preferably be organic. The best kind is five by five by five in granular form. Rake the fertilizer lightly. The seeds should not touch the fertilizer. This is because the fertilizer could burn the seeds. This is how to plant a vegetable garden.

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